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The author's memoir of her successful campaign to prevent the construction of two nuclear power reactors near her Oklahoma farm, a battle she waged for nine years, costing her and her husband their entire savings, the nursing home they owned, and almost the family farm.

Using firsthand accounts from a range of primary sources, this book shows how the war brought many difficulties for men, women, and children on the home fronts, from rationing and bombing raids to enemy occupation and the Spanish flu pandemic.

Presents opposing viewpoints on eighteen controversial issues in world politics, covering global trends, military security and intervention, international law and organization, economic and regional topics, and normative, social, and environmental issues.

Surveys the history of interracial dating and marriage and presents the experiences of young people and adults involved in such relationships.

Presents fourteen firsthand accounts of life in Chile under the regime of General Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Twenty-four essays present opposing arguments on alternative medicine, racism in American medicine, malpractice litigation, universal health care, U.S. military medical care, genetic testing, intercessory prayer, and other medical issues.